The Tale of Relm

really enjoying this one! Just a few hours in, and it captures that classic JRPG feeling really well. The combat has enough strategy to keep battles fun, exploration has been fun thanks to the interesting characters and lore, and I especially loved the intro and how it sets up the world and the beautiful character art. I'm already invested in the story and excited to see where it goes

More of a Neutral than a Positive review. The Tale of Relm is fine as an RPG Maker game, better than most, but not great. The fact that the developer continues working on the game and has plans for sequel(s) makes me hit recommended vs not recommended. First Thing to Note: The combat is Octopath Traveler. Not just the system but the characters "classes" right down to their combat skills and names. And the weapon/magic types, despite not all of those types being available to the player. You will never unlock an enemies spear or dark weakness because you never get a character with those weapons/skills. But those '?' boxes are under enemies. You also do not pick your characters ever, which waters down the combat. The enemies *must* have weaknesses to the characters you have at any given time. Characters having Attack All vs Single Target skills has a great effect on this system, with no way for you to affect it. This leads to some strange occurrences; multiple times your party is broken up between missions and you have to reform it. But only the 3 characters the game wants you to have are able to join, so this serves no purpose except to fill time. Some issues - I trigg…

7/10 Some enemies and bosses are a bit unbalanced, which can usually be fixed by some amount of grinding. I've had a few glitches here or there but nothing game-breaking so far, the rest of the game was pretty stable though. The story was genuinely enjoyable. Although the game notably ends on a cliffhanger due to a supposedly upcoming sequel, I still found the story more entertaining than a lot of games these days. The combat was very unique for a turn-based, especially the boost system which was still fun even at the end of my 29 hour playthrough. Don't let the rpg maker engine fool you, this is still lots of fun to play. The visuals and music were still really nice, for an rpg maker. The devs did a good job on the general look and ambiance. The game runs about 28-31 hours, but due to the occasional glitches and lack of polishing I would pick it up on a sale instead of paying full price. Still a good game and excited for the sequel. *edit: with the recently added fast travel and difficulty settings this game is much more polished! other qol improvements have been made and i recommend picking this up

Highly recommended. I had a great time playing this and it kept me interested from beginning to end. Everything feels well made and there is always something worth doing. Definitely worth picking up.

love the exploration the story and how rewarding everything feels kept playing for hours and always found something new to do really enjoyed my time with it

I bought this during a sale because a friend kept recommending it to me, and I finally decided to give it a try. After spending several hours with it, I can honestly say it was worth it. I have been enjoying the whole experience and there is always something that keeps me coming back. Really happy I picked this up and I would easily recommend it to anyone thinking about buying it